Chamba Weather in August
Chamba in August
The short of it: Chamba in August averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 430 mm (16.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 20° · rain 430 mm · daylight 13 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Chamba an average August high of 27°, a low of 20° and some 430 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 27°, nights near 20°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 430 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 20 min in mid-August, 45 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and October.
Against its neighbours, Chamba runs about middling and drier than most in August. Dalhousie, 17 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
August in Chamba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DalhousieHimachal Pradesh | 17 km W | 27° | 20° | 397 mm |
| Chuāri KhāsHimachal Pradesh | 17 km SW | 27° | 20° | 501 mm |
| ChowariHimachal Pradesh | 17 km SW | 27° | 20° | 501 mm |
| BaklohPunjab | 21 km WSW | 28° | 20° | 452 mm |
| BashohliJammu and Kashmir | 30 km WSW | 31° | 24° | 378 mm |
| KotlaHimachal Pradesh | 35 km SSW | 30° | 23° | 469 mm |
| NūrpurHimachal Pradesh | 36 km SW | 31° | 24° | 420 mm |
| McleodganjHimachal Pradesh | 40 km SSE | 26° | 19° | 648 mm |